WICHITA, Kan., Sept. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Spirit
AeroSystems [NYSE: SPR] will attend the Air Force Association's
(AFA) Air, Space & Cyber Conference next week in National
Harbor, Md. The conference is the nation's premier event for
defense and aerospace professionals around the world.
"This is an opportunity for Spirit to highlight the strong value
proposition we bring to military customers, such as affordable cost
manufacturing, commercial best practices, composite material
expertise and design-build capabilities," said Spirit AeroSystems
Senior Vice President and President, Defense and Fabrication Duane
Hawkins. "We look forward to leveraging our commercial expertise to
serve our military customers."
With a legacy of defense work stretching back to the B-29,
Spirit currently designs, engineers and manufactures structural
components for military programs such as the P-8, C-40 and KC-46,
all of which are commercial aircraft modified for military use.
Spirit is also involved in the development of the Sikorsky CH-53K,
Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor and the Northrop Grumman B-21. For more
information, visit
www.spiritaero.com/expertise/defense/overview.
Spirit's booth at AFA will showcase the company's expertise in
advanced composites manufacturing, including samples of various
aerostructure parts. Visitors may participate in an interactive
virtual tour of our new advanced manufacturing facility using
augmented reality. This experience demonstrates the company's
advanced manufacturing strategy and the future state of
manufacturing.
Spirit AeroSystems is one of the world's largest manufacturers
of aerostructures with design and build capabilities for both
commercial and defense customers.
On the web: www.spiritaero.com
On Twitter: @SpiritAero
About Spirit AeroSystems Inc.
Spirit
AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial
and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates
sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's
core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing
components for the world's premier
aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses
on affordable, innovative
composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers
around the globe. More information is available
at www.SpiritAero.com.
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